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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turns 32 on Thursday — but how will she celebrate? No one seems to know for sure, but there’s plenty of speculation, including some reports that Prince William has invited Taylor Swift to serenade his wife.

“There have been rumours that William has something extra special planned,” reports website entertainmentwise.com. “After meeting Taylor Swift at a charity event at the end of last year, reports suggest that the prince has asked the U.S. chart-topper if she’s available to meet his wife as a birthday gift.”

Hello! Magazine says Kate will probably spend a much quieter day of “family time” for her birthday: “After the hustle and bustle of a Sandringham Christmas and New Year in Bucklebury with the Middletons, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will probably relax in their newly refurbished Kensington Palace apartment with Prince George.”

Last year, Kate celebrated with her family at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where she enjoyed a performance of Cirque due Soleil alongside Prince William and her family.

According to biographer Katie Nicholl, Kate was born in the middle of a snowstorm and her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, were worried they would make it to the hospital on time for the baby’s arrival.

“Carole’s friend and neighbor…who was also due to give birth that same week, remembered the morning well. ‘It was a bitterly cold winter, there was lots of snow and we were both worried we would not make it to the Royal Berkshire Hospital because the snow was so heavy,’” Nicholl writes in Kate: The Future Queen. “In the event, Carole and Michael did get through the snow and to the hospital in time, and their baby, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton — known today as Kate — was born on January 9, 1982. The birth went smoothly; Carole delivered her first-born naturally, recovered well, and was home within several days, with her precious newborn daughter.”

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